The issue of development-induced displacement (DID) has become one of the glaring social problems of recent times. This study investigated the coping and adaptive strategies of displaced individuals and households as a result of a real estate development project in Yeka Tefo, a …
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Ahmedabad, India's seventh largest city and the largest city of the western state of Gujarat, has been gradually re-imagined over the past decade. Today, the dominant discourse around the city could not be further from the question of whether it is a "dying city," a debate that …
Studies of street vending and informal markets in the "developing world" point out various reasons why individuals decide to engage in street vending. These include lack of employment, the need for a survival strategy or for a second income, and the effort to fight inflation. St…
My dissertation is an investigation of the Egyptian Delta city of Tanta during its period of rapid urbanization, modernization and development (1856-1907). It determines that in an effort to modernize Tanta-along with Cairo and Alexandria-the Cairo-based state authorities expone…
The Local Agenda 21 planning guide: an introduction to sustainable development planni…
by International Development Research Centre (Canada), United Nations Environment Programme, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
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This guide offers tested and practical advice on how local governments can implement the United Nations Agenda 21 action plan for sustainable development and the related United Nations Habitat Agenda. It has been prepared to assist local governments and their local partners to l…
Brazil has famously been called a country of contradictions. It is a place where narratives of "racial democracy" exist in the face of stark inequalities, and where the natural environment is celebrated as a point of national pride, but at the same time is exploited at alarming …
Brazil has famously been called a country of contradictions. It is a place where narratives of "racial democracy" exist in the face of stark inequalities, and where the natural environment is celebrated as a point of national pride, but at the same time is exploited at alarming …
In history, cities and nature are often treated as two separate fields of research. "Concepts of Urban-Environmental History" aims to bridge this gap. The contributions to this volume survey major concepts and key issues which have shaped recent debates in the field. They addres…
Long description: In history, cities and nature are often treated as two separate fields of research. >>Concepts of Urban-Environmental History<< aims to bridge this gap. The contributions to this volume survey major concepts and key issues which have shaped recent debates in th…
This book revisits and updates some classic Anthropology -- the Xhosa in Town series -- based on research in the South African city of East London conducted during the 1950s. The original studies concluded that there were two opposed responses to urbanization in East London’s Af…
"When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of intense ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. Wages of Violence is a startling account of how t…
